Building and Rebuilding Trust:
Reflection and Action in Professionalism
June 4-6, 2025, in Chicago and/or virtually via Zoom
Effective communication is a key factor that shapes what clinicians, patients, educators, learners, and society at large consider “professional” in the health care context. This virtual conference will examine all kinds of communication - verbal, non-verbal, and written - in the context of professionalism in health care. Professionalism is a complex combination of values, beliefs, standards, and practices. We welcome submissions related to Education, Clinical Care, Bioethics, and Public Health, the pillars of the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care.
The submission deadline is 11:59 p.m. EDT, Monday, January 27, 2025
Here is the link for the submission:
Submission Requirements
- All presenters are required to register and pay for the conference. Pricing details will be announced in the coming days.
- We welcome submissions related to Education, Clinical Care, Bioethics, and Public Health.
- We aim for highly interactive sessions that relate to the conference theme and advance the field in general.
- All presenters will be responsible for their own registration fee. If they attend in person, they are also responsible for their own travel and accommodation fees.
- You can be a first author/presenter for one abstract only.
- The committee reserves the right to make adjustments to the session type.
- All sessions will be recorded and will be posted online, with materials, after the conference.
- All presenters must agree to these terms.
The conference themes include, but are not limited to:
- Theoretical Concepts & Frameworks
- Professional Formation of Individuals
- Professional Formation of Interprofessional Teams
- Assessment & Remediation of Professionalism
- Organizational Strategies to Building and Rebuilding Trust
- Other
Please select among the following session types and follow the submission instructions:
- Panel Discussion - 3-4 presenters briefly share their perspectives on a specific topic. Additionally, a moderator facilitates the discussion among the panelists as well as with the participants. Example: Student and faculty perspectives on trust building.
- How-to Workshop - 2-4 presenters engage the participants in highly interactive skills building activities using a variety of instructional tools. Example: Creating an OSCE station for building trust with challenging patients.
- Problem Solving Session - 2-4 presenters engage the participants in small and large group discussion activities to arrive at some potential solutions for a pressing problem. Cases or specific questions are provided to stimulate multiple solutions. Example: Successful remediation of professionalism missteps or breakdown around trust in the clinical environment.
- Debate - Facilitated by a moderator, 2 individuals take opposite sides of a question. After a discussion with the participants, they are asked to express their opinion via a poll. Example: Patients vs. clinicians: Who has the right to define what’s trustworthy?
- Educational Game - 1-2 presenters engage the participants in an educational game that addresses professionalism issues. The session is summarized with audience-generated learning gains. Example: A Jeopardy game to teach about building trust in diverse community settings.
- Oral Presentation - 1-2 authors describe their or their group’s research, theoretical work or educational innovation in 10 minutes using slides and other audio-visual aids. This is followed by 5 minutes of Q&As. Presentations are grouped by theme and additional audience discussion time is built in at the end. Example: Ethical dilemmas in trust building.
- Flash Presentation Recording - An individual or a group shows a succinct 5-minute recorded presentation of their research, theoretical work, or educational innovation followed by real-time 5 minutes of Q&A. Example: A community health project that builds trust.
- Round Tables - 1-2 individuals facilitate sharing of ideas or resources. Example: Generational and cultural differences in trust building.
Multiple peer reviewers will judge the abstracts based on their fit with the conference theme or their general contribution to the advancement of the study, practice or teaching of professionalism. Inclusivity, creativity, scholarship and level of participant involvement will also be key considerations. We encourage the full use of in-person and/or virtual interaction tools such as breakout rooms, polling and annotations.
Below are the specific abstract requirements for each of the presentation types. The conference committee reserves the right to propose presentation type changes.
Guidelines for each Presentation Type:
Proposal Submission Deadline: Monday, January 27, 2025
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Submission Requirements |
- Panel Discussion (60 min)
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- Informative but short title
- 2-sentence session summary
- Theme designation
- Abstract (150 words maximum): What is the focus of the session? How does it relate to the conference theme or the advancement of the field? Why is it important? What questions will be discussed/voted on? What competencies will be taught?
- 2-3 Objectives: By the end of the session, what should participants be able to Know, Do, Value?
- Outline/Timing: How will the session be organized? How will the participants be engaged? The last 5 minutes must be devoted to participant’s reflections on Take Home Points!
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- Problem Solving Session (60 min)
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- Educational Game (30-60 min)
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- Oral Presentation (10 min & 5 min Q&As)
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- Informative but short title
- 2-sentence presentation summary
- Theme designation
- Abstract (150 words maximum): Background & Project Goals, Research or Instructional/Assessment Methods, Results or Program Evaluation, Conclusions
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- Flash Presentation (5 min recorded & 5 min Q&A)
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Here is the link for the submission: 2025 June Abstract Submission